Effects of Tokishakuyakusan on hypothalamic pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP) and PACAP type I receptor (PAC1) expression in hypophysectomized and ovariectomized rats

Journal of Traditional Medicines

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 24-30

  Chung, Mi Hwa ^a   Nakamura, Norio ^a   Tohda, Michihisa ^b   Hattori, Masao ^a  

^a Division of Metabolic Engineering   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

hypothalamus; PAC1; PACAP; Tokishakuyakusan

Indexed keywords

EID: 45749112965     PISSN: 18801447     EISSN: 18813747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11339/jtm.24.24     Document Type: Article

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